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Fruto, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95988. The Survey maps it on the Fruto quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Fruto within Glenn County

Then and now

1919 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fruto, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Fruto, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Fruto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresNorthern California DistrictTHUNDER
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTONEY
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitFRUTO
12 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use33 acresTehama-Glenn UnitIVORY
12 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitFRUTO
6 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use45 acresTehama-Glenn UnitVOGT, C
6 August 1999Natural5.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitELK
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTONY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fruto: 4 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Mercury, Chromium, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Avery ClaimsChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Levensaler and Speir ProspectManganesePast Producer1917
Levensaler and SpierManganeseProducer
Nye RanchMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Turner RanchMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar

Every working recorded in Glenn County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruto in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodFruto-Water ponded on County Road 306 near the Glenn - Colusa Line.
April 2015Funnel CloudFruto-A driver along Interstate 5 saw a funnel cloud with a thunderstorm. It is unclear if it touched the ground.

Every storm recorded in Glenn County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Elk Creek4.8 miles16
Wilson Place6.3 miles13
Millsholm (historical)6.6 miles18
Kurand (historical)9.5 miles18
Chrome11.0 miles16
Meyers Place13.0 miles15
Bluegum13.6 miles16
Lyman (historical)13.7 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on FrutoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5506534The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656038. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.